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infoman123 · Beginner Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Posts: 57 Topics: 20

Hi All,

We have a chineese (DBCS) information in a variable X(60) and we are producing a report with this info.

WS-CHINESE-DBCS X(60) having some chinese charaters

WS-REPORT-VAR X(55).

So we are facing a problem when WS-CHINESE-DBCS having chinese information of 60 bytes. so when WS-CHINESE-DBCS is moved to WS-REPORT-VAR its showning some junk characters as result. But if WS-CHINESE-DBCS is having info less than 55 bytes the WS-REPORT-VAR shows correctly. Why is this so.

My understanding is it should truncate the last 5 bytes of WS-CHINESE-DBCS and write 55 bytes of WS-CHINESE-DBCS to WS-REPORT-VAR.

Can anyone tell me is there any difference in the movent of DBCS and normal charaters.

Regards

Nic Clouston · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 6:12 am Post subject:

This is on another forum site
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CICS Guy · Intermediate Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 292 Topics: 3

You do understand that the DB in DBCS stands for Double Byte, don't you?
I would think that if you want to maintain data integrety, you would be (re)defining the DBCS with either a G or N rather than an X....
"The PICTURE character-string can contain the symbol(s) G, G and B, or N. Each G, B or N represents a single DBCS character position."
5.3.11.3.6 DBCS items

kolusu · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 8:15 am Post subject:

Infoman123,

I sent you a private message like 10 days ago explaining the rules. It seems you don't read them. Read this

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=8248

Kolusu
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